At the individual scale, self-hosting is not a good way to “be in control of my data.”
It’s like saying I do a vegetable garden to be in control of my food. I need much more than I can grow, it’s an inefficient use of my time, and I’m one bad season away from losing it all.
Resilience and transparency are key to be in control of my data and I can’t achieve this alone. This is a social problem, we need to bring solutions as a society.
I still do self-hosting, but I took the time to understand what problem I could and couldn’t solve, and who it solves it for
https://ergaster.org/posts/2023/08/09-i-dont-want-to-host-services-but-i-do/
@thibaultamartin Standardized formats and protocols would be another thing that would help, except every provider seems to be all in on proprietary lock-in solutions.
That's why I self-host for the moment. That, and that it would be hundreds of dollars per month to store my data on the cloud at this point.
That's why I self-host for the moment. That, and that it would be hundreds of dollars per month to store my data on the cloud at this point.
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